Chapter 348 – Cleaning the Police
This is the rooftop of a two-story building along Police Boulevard. I am leaning my arm on the railing and looking at the street.
“Living was good until last year.”
Someone complained on the sidewalk just below.
This is a line that often appears when life suddenly becomes difficult.
The fact that something like this is said is proof that those in power are not doing their jobs properly. As a manager, this is an incident that should be shameful.
But I’m not sad at all. Because the guy who said that was the drug dealer I was working with.
Ta-ta-tang!
The sound of gunshots echoed throughout the city.
It’s usually a lively city, but today it’s full of fighting spirit.
“Shoot, don’t shoot! I surrender!”
“Get down you bastards!”
Police guards armed with police submachine guns shouted as they passed through the sidewalk.
In front of it are rows of gangsters kneeling with their hands on their heads. They were mostly Korean, but there were also foreigners mixed in.
In front, there is a box containing bags of drugs, contraband, and stolen goods seized as evidence.
Even before the war with the Chinese army, a war against crime was underway in the police. And now it seems the end is in sight.
“Hey, you’re being very reckless. Well, I sucked so much honey for the three years the captain was away, so now I have to throw it all up.”
Captain Woosungdae. His old subordinate, now a police guard patrol leader, smiled.
He said he came to Seoul around the time I disappeared. Artemis appreciated my past relationship and parachuted me into a good spot.
“Artemis, he only built the city as a way to find me, but he didn’t care how to maintain it. Thanks to this, people like gangsters have infiltrated everywhere.”
Poop!
A bald gang member who was uncooperative was hit on the head with a butt and fell to the ground.
“But I can’t stand being infested with parasites like that.”
When the police guard searched his belongings, he found a butterfly knife and a bag of colorful mushrooms.
“What is that? Poisonous mushrooms?”
“Oh, that one. When ground and powdered, it is used as a hallucinogenic drug. Cannabis and poppies need sunlight, but they can be grown secretly in a dark room in the basement. Thanks to this, we were able to survive longer than other organizations.”
“It’s very diverse.”
Since returning, I spent several months visiting the police and gathering information. We are thoroughly prepared and cleaning up the gang as if we were waging a blitzkrieg.
For your information, all ordinary citizens were also outside. This is because they are collecting all the residents and conducting a thorough investigation.
“No way, gathering all troops like this! I wouldn’t have thought that I would fall behind after doing it. Would you say it is old-fashioned common sense?”
“If they gather together, they are arrested through facial recognition. If they don’t gather, that person is the criminal. It’s simple, right?”
It is a city where I have all the authority, and it is a possible extreme drug because all personal information is scanned.
It’s such a tyrannical method that I don’t really like it, but it’s the surest way to eradicate crimes hiding in the shadows of the city.
Of course, there are people who disapprove of it. This was especially true of the police guards, who were at the forefront of execution.
“It’s good to take this opportunity to clean up, but isn’t this a very ignorant method?”
“Be quiet. Because you are not in a position to judge. All you have to do is keep quiet and do as you are told.”
A senior guard scolded a junior guard who seemed dissatisfied.
“You can complain a little when no one is listening. They are dragging out even the innocent residents with their determination. “Not some kind of tyrant.”
“This bastard? If you don’t want to get kicked out of the security guard position you were lucky enough to get, just keep quiet and do your work. Because there were people waiting in line other than you.”
“Do you really have to say that?”
“If you keep thinking in the past, you will only have a hard time. Just stop here. There is a saying that birds hear what you say during the day, and mice hear what you say at night.”
I’m sure my ears are a bit bright. If you can hear everything up to here.
I have no intention of touching him after just complaining that much. It’s not wrong, and I used to gossip a lot about my superiors when I was in the military.
“Run away!”
A gang member wearing a running shirt with both arms covered in tattoos suddenly ran towards the building.
Bang!
Before he can even run a few steps, a bullet lodges in his leg, and he collapses.
“Aaaaah!”
The gang members turned their heads to see their colleague screaming and bleeding.
The security guard who fired the gun approached and pulled the fugitive by his hair.
“Oooooh! Let go! Let go!”
I kept screaming from the pain in my scalp and the excruciating pain of my leg being shot. But the security guard doesn’t care at all.
“Hey you bastard. Do you think it’s the past now? Do you think I’ll run to you and catch your feet kindly? “I’m thankful I didn’t kill him!”
Boom!
He was roughly thrown between the gangs.
Everyone ignores the colleague who is bleeding and moaning. I just didn’t want to get involved.
Stalkers and drones in joint operation with police guards quickly scan the faces of citizens lined up.
[You may go in. Thank you for your cooperation.]
The family enters the house with relieved faces upon hearing the stalker’s notice.
There were some people who were extremely restless, but most likely they were illegal residents.
[Exiled Kim Jin-seung. One count of theft and one count of smuggling contraband. As of the current time, one additional illegal entry has been added.]
“S-sorry! Please save me!”
[It is not a crime that warrants the death penalty.]
He was handcuffed and taken to another place.
“When I was young, I would leave my cell phone or bag in public places like cafés, and they would stay there even after I went to the bathroom.”
“You’re right. It was a good time.”
This is not a place to be treated like soup. This was a really great culture.
“I want to bring that back, at least to this city. Even if you fall asleep drunk on the street at night, you wake up completely the next day.”
“Is that still true? “What we often do during morning patrols is to pull drunk people off the street.”
Woo Seong-dae said with a worried face.
The polis is now quite close to the pre-war society in terms of security, even if it is not about food, clothing, and shelter.
-Do we really need to care this much?
Artemis thought it was a waste, though.
She originally treated the city of Polis with laissez-faire, but when she found me, she lost even more interest.
It was a promise that put her reputation on the line, and it was a suitable place for a date with me, so she guaranteed it.
However, she even considered demolishing other city blocks.
Of course I refused. Because you can’t see so many people sitting out in the wilderness.
Bang!
A man and a woman who had been hiding came out, kicking down the door.
“Catch those guys!”
A few seconds later, two security guards followed.
“I didn’t want to see blood, so I didn’t shoot. I tried to subdue him, but I think I missed. “They’re not the type of guys who usually make mistakes like that.”
“Well, I respect that feeling.”
Master Wooseong chuckled as he noticed the mistakes of her subordinates.
Boom!
The Hornet drone that flew from the sky followed immediately and fired a Taser gun.
“Keck!”
“Aaaaak!”
The two run at full speed, then stiffen and flutter in a strange posture. The security guard who chased him skillfully handcuffed him.
“The handcuffs are so old. “Can’t you afford to pay for a new product?”
“Do you see anything like that from this street?”
Woosung University was surprised.
“Because I have good eyesight.”
“They have new handcuffs, but they haven’t applied for payment. “I heard that it has been used since long ago when I was serving as a police officer.”
“Is it nostalgia for the good times?”
“It’s roughly similar.”
Many of the police guards are former police officers.
This is because they must not only fight, but also perform tasks such as search, interrogation, and crowd control. In these fields, they were much more capable than soldiers.
Anyway, most people are good at shooting guns because they have served in the military and were conscripted during wartime.
These police-turned-security guards had completely opposite tendencies.
First, there are those who try to maintain public order in a moderate manner, just like we did just now.
“They finished it off with a Taser, but you guys are going to put a bullet in it right away. So, stay calm?”
On the other hand, there were those who did not hesitate to use violent suppression as a reaction to the past restrictions.
The latter is bound to be superior in terms of performance and speed in handling work.
“I am Kim Doi, leader of the drug investigation team, Kim Doi! In the past, even if you locked them up to die, they would be released within a few years and go around spraying drugs again, which was shit, but it turned out really well!”
“This is the right world! Go to the coal mine and work hard until your lungs rot, haha!”
The side effects were quite large as the job was rough, but they are so loyal that it is difficult to just criticize them.
Even if he is a dog, if he is a dog that is good at catching prey, the hand that went up will go down.
“Is it okay now to just take away the weapons and that’s it?”
“It won’t take long. “The city is truly devastated by the sight of the scary gang being destroyed.”
In addition to curbing robbery, drugs and human trafficking, a major ban on projectile weapons is underway.
Measures that were implemented only in Prime are being expanded to the entire polis.
In the post-apocalyptic era, it’s inevitable that everyone carries a weapon, but I didn’t like the sight of them walking down the street with guns or crossbows.
This is also the reason why Artemis does not like my outings.
In the future, only batons and revolvers will be allowed by police guards within the city.
“Tsk!”
I stretched myself out.
It was refreshing to get rid of the issues that had always bothered me while visiting the city.
“Then I’ll go first.”
“Let’s take a look! I’ve been wanting to get rid of those cancerous lumps for a long time. “I will trust you and clean everything up.”
The appearance of Woosungdae saluting was as angular as it was 10 years ago.
* * *
99% of the gangs have been wiped out, but there is only one place left.
“Good job. “If it weren’t for your information, I would have been dragged out like a rat in a barn.”
“It was an honor for me to be able to help!”
Sasha bends her back to 90 degrees.
I am in the basement of an entertainment bar on the outskirts of Police.
As I was sitting on the sofa, a white skinhead man approached me and politely left the teacup.
There was a sofa across from me, but Sasha did not sit down but stood and waited for me.
“As the last member of the gang, you were cautious and suspicious. What kind of magic did you use?”
It is not difficult to raise your score to 80 when studying, but it takes 5 to 10 times more effort to raise it from 80 to 100.
Likewise, even though it would be easy to clean out 80% of the city’s gangs, it was expected that getting rid of the remaining 20% of the gangs would be difficult.
We were able to do that thanks to Sasha’s internal cooperation.
“That’s it. “I thought I’d only taint the manager’s ears if I told you this for no reason… Hehe.”
“There is no need to explain if it is difficult.”
When I was a soldier, I did not hesitate to get my hands dirty for local information.
Sasha must have had a harder time than me. She respected the hard work and did not ask any further questions.
“We can survive in the future, right? “The gambling halls are still open.”
When I asked the last part, my voice almost crawled.
“Wasn’t the deal made on those terms from the beginning?”
Even though Sasha was in her 30s, she was not attracted to young women at all with her unique decadent beauty.
Moreover, she has a unique charisma that makes even strong men in the back world cringe.
But now, in front of me, he just has ‘I’m scared of Tosagupin’ written on his forehead.
“There’s no reason to kick them out as long as they don’t touch the businesses I’ve banned. “Why would I kick out such a helpful boss?”
“I will serve you with all my heart.”
In any case, a city this size is bound to have shadows. It’s better to drive it to an obedient guy and have him take care of it, so it doesn’t grow mold.
[■■■■! ■■!]
Loud Russian was heard, and the basement door was wide open.
Two rugged-looking Latino men dragged a naked man down.
The person brought in was a Korean man who appeared to be in his 40s. His nose is bleeding here and there, as if he’s been lynched.
“Shit!”
Sasha muttered softly, cupping her face.
“■■■! ■■■■! ■■!”
When she screamed, two male gang members(?) Were startled and dragged her back.
[■■■ ■■ Sasha!]
An organizer shouts as he politely closes the door. I can’t understand what he’s saying, but I think he roughly apologized.
“Uh, manager! What I meant was, ‘Where did you sell the knock?’ Oh, no, I was warning you why you didn’t knock before coming in.”
Sasha immediately translated. It seems that speaking in an unknown language in front of me is considered rude.
“I guess he’s the guy who caused trouble in the organization?”
“Yes. He was one of the informants used in this sweep operation and received bribes from drug dealers. They tried to trick us and spread information along the way, but they got caught. “If we had missed it, some of the gangsters would have gone into hiding to the farthest reaches of the earth.”
After saying that, Sasha carefully looked at me.
“Shall I release you for now?”
“Free me? For what? Even if you screw up, you’re a cheap guy.”
If there was a setback in clearing out a gang just because of a loach, my blood pressure would have risen first.
“Well… First, I’m Korean. “You say your arms are stretched inwards?”
“I guess the arms are bent inwards. I have no intention of seeing you as a traitor just because you have the same nationality. “Cook as you like.”
I drank the tea in one go and got up from my seat.
“I had a good drink. It’s delicious.”
“You are welcome anytime.”
I left Sasha and Geohan, who politely saw me off, and went up the stairs.
Immediate hook! The smell of someone approaching, the smell of alcohol, the faint smell of urine, and the sound of panting coming from somewhere.
As I pass by the employee lounge, bar girls fixing their makeup and changing clothes look at me with curiosity.
The two gangsters who had been kicked out earlier were joking around with the girls wearing only bras.
The naked man was lying some distance away and no one paid any attention. The girls even climbed over it and opened the cabinet.
Sasha had a knack for being her queen in places like this, and she also desperately longed for that kind of life.
If I hadn’t become a shelter manager, what would I be doing now?
He has a wealth of technology and combat experience, and is well-versed in backroom deals, so he may have become a member of this group.
With that thought in mind, she went outside the building.
Most of the people who had gathered for the full investigation were inside.
The wind blowing through the empty streets felt clearer and fresher today.
